Genetec reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(402 total reviews)

Pierre Racz

96% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Genetec has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 402 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Genetec employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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402 reviews
4.0
Nov 24, 2013

Overall a great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good compensation and bonus structure Friendly people and a good work environment Generous CEO that seems to care about his people (very rare thing) Great perks and subsidized cafeteria

Cons

All departments overloaded with work and usually understaffed. But they do compensate you for it. Many companies have a crazy workload and don't compensate you so it's your choice.

5.0
Nov 17, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing technologies, fun atmosphere. Excellent challenging projects. Proper software development life cycle. Will learn something everyday. Great team of people. Relax work atmosphere. Subsidized private bistro for lunches. Private gym with personal trainer service. Daily fruit basket. "No cubicle" office policy. Vast majority of employees share an office with one other and most offices have a window. Perfect place to start a career as you will learn so much.

Cons

Very little opportunity to progress in career. Too many developers in a flat style hierarchy. Managers have great dialogue with subordinates but do very little with the feedback. Same circle of people being promoted. Air of secrecy for information and decisions that could be shared for overall employee goals and objectives. Decisions for promotions are "back room" conversations and no definitive answers are given. Project pace is extremely high. Key members of the team doing large portion of the work. No disciplinary actions taken for employees routinely missing their objectives. There's a major divide that didn't exist before between sales and engineering. Sales promises things that engineering can't possibly deliver in the promised time frame. No one is looking at the big picture. Employees and customers are suffering. Remote location hard to access by public transportation. Bus "comes" every 30 minutes or so but is often late or doesn't arrive at all. Salaries are not competitive given market value and are not adjusted for growth in career.

5.0
Jul 29, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ethics, Technology, Great small company environment. Lots of smart people with experience in the industry. Management is supportive.

Cons

Headquartered out of montreal, makes remote operations feel disconnected from day to day operations.

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